BWW Review: DANI GIRL's Best Feature Lies In Its Childlike Heart
'She's perfect!' That was our immediate reaction after seeing The Sandbox Collective and 9 Works Theatrical's restaging of a?oeDani Girla?? at the Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium at RCBC Plaza in Makati. We are, of course, alluding to Felicity Kyle Napuli, who is gifted with such a pristine singing voice and, at such a young age, exhibits incredible acting maturity. With this remarkable performance (she was last seen as young Nala in the first international tour of Disney's a?oeThe Lion Kinga?? and as one of the lead actors in a?oeMatilda The Musicala??), Napuli is undoubtedly the child actor to watch for in the Manila theater scene.
Review Roundup: KUNG PAANO MAGHIWALAY; Show Closes 6/4
The Egg Theater Company (ETC), which stages Filipino plays, and theatrical venue Pineapple Lab, present award-winning playwright and ETC co-founder George de Jesus III's 'Kung Paano Maghiwalay,' which tackles the subject of relationships on the brink of breaking up.
Photo Coverage: LORENZO, A New Rock Musical
Multi-awarded Filipino film actor Christopher de Leon, via Green Wings Entertainment Network Inc., is the executive producer of 'Lorenzo,' a new rock musical, which features music--a mix of rock and soaring ballads--by Maestro Ryan Cayabyab and book and lyrics by Juan Ekis, Paul Dumol and Joem Antonio. Its Philippine premiere closed earlier today at SDA Theater, 5/F College of Saint Benilde in Malate, Manila.
Review Roundup: LORENZO, A New Rock Musical
Multi-awarded Filipino film actor Christopher de Leon is the executive producer of 'Lorenzo,' a new rock musical, featuring music by Maestro Ryan Cayabyab and book and lyrics by Juan Ekis, Paul Dumol and Joem Antonio. It runs at SDA Theater, 5/F College of Saint Benilde in Malate, Manila until Saturday, September 14 with 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. performances.
Photo Coverage: First Look at BONA, Starring Eugene Domingo, Edgar Allan Guzman
Philippine Educational Theater Association's (PETA) stage adaptation of the late Filipino film auteur Lino Brocka's "Bona," starring award-winning film actors Eugene Domingo and Edgar Allan Guzman, written by Palanca winner Layeta Bucoy, and directed by theater stalwart Soxie Topacio, opened last Thursday, August 23 at the PETA Theater Center.
BONA: Lino Brocka’s Film Gets Stage Adaptation, Now thru 9/23
A past entry to both Metro Manila Film Festival and Cannes Film Festival, BONA, a critically-acclaimed work of Catalino Ortiz Brocka aka Lino Brocka (1939-1991) that gave the "superstar in Philippine entertainment industry," Nora Aunor, her Best Actress trophy at the Gawad Urian in 1980, will soon come alive through a stage adaptation by Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA) starting today, August 24 until Sunday, September 23 at PETA Theater Center. The stage production stars multi-award-winning theater, movie, and television actress Eugene Domingo.
Photo Coverage: BONA’s Eugene Domingo and Edgar Allan Guzman Meet the Press
Award-winning film actors Eugene Domingo and Edgar Allan Guzman, who are currently in the thick of rehearsals for Philippine Educational Theater Association's (PETA) new production of BONA, a stage adaptation of the critically-acclaimed motion picture of the same name, directed by the late Filipino film auteur Lino Brocka, met members of the press and performed excerpts from the play on Tuesday, August 14 at PETA Theater Center.
BONA: Lino Brocka’s Film Gets Stage Adaptation, 8/24-9/23
A past entry to both Metro Manila Film Festival and Cannes Film Festival, BONA, a critically-acclaimed work of Catalino Ortiz Brocka aka Lino Brocka (1939-1991) that gave the "superstar in Philippine entertainment industry," Nora Aunor, her Best Actress trophy at the Gawad Urian in 1980, will soon come alive through a stage adaptation by Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA) starting Friday, August 24 until Sunday, September 23 at PETA Theater Center. The stage production stars multi-award-winning theater, movie, and television actress Eugene Domingo.